Me Before You just premiered in theatres, adding another entry to the long pantheon of films about disabled people, for nondisabled people. Like others, it relies on cripface and the presentation of disability as an unimaginable tragedy, which is hugely offensive.

If you spend a lot of time on the internet, especially on social media, you’ve probably seen the meme floating around: A photo of a peeled orange inside a plastic container, clearly labeled as a Whole Foods product, with the caption: ‘If ...

To be visibly disabled is to become part of the public commons. People who use mobility aids like wheelchairs, canes, and walkers are obviously, visibly, evidently disabled, alongside blind and low vision people who rely on guide animals, canes, and ...

Periodically, Nicholas Kristof, Peter Singer, and their ilk lurch into my consciousness once again, usually as a result of something one of them has said that has the whole internet aflutter. How wise! How interesting! How germane! I consider going ...

As Quantico started its slow rise into the US consciousness — an interesting take on the traditional procedural, presented in an intriguing way — I started reading a great deal of commentary about the show, and I particularly enjoyed Anu ...

One of the most interesting things about joining Facebook, for me, has been exposure to the phenomenon known as the ‘share,’ the linking of something or relinking of something someone else published. Shares circulate merrily across the ...

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